It is the fact that it disregards customary warmth of fall that makes this special. It is also an ice queen moment, but at the same time, feels contemporary and realistic. Bonus: the sharp cut will add texture to finer hair and suit symmetrical or oval shaped faces.
Fall is normally associated with going warm, but there is might in being cold. This is to the people who want to be ahead of the pack in the crowd of pumpkin color.
Long Wolfcut with Bardot Bangs
We are straying into iconic territory here the long wolfcut; long, flowing layers with curtain-like bardot bangs. The style, in the best way possible allows lived-in texture, with grown out glam, blend together. It goes, I woke up like this but come on that was no joke that there was serious structure in that volume.
You don’t need to go full heat-style with this. I tend to re-freshen with a spritz of Davines This Is A Sea Salt Spray, and then scrunch it out with a diffuser, or with a blow-dryer on cold thru to the water-blown softness.
This is the one cut that would define the Fall 2025. It is retro-ish but not too retro and the layered movement is ideal with chunky sweaters, boots, and strolls that have no destination in mind.
Makeup stylists and celebrity stylists such as Anh Co Tran are constantly commending styles such as this one because of the movement and flexibility that it creates- low effort, high outcome.
Short Butterfly Bob with Feathered Layers
This is now the little butterfly cut I have had my eye on everywhere. Light, flicky ends which appear as if they are catching air and bangs that are melted with face-framing layers. The length is straddling at the point of the shoulders, so it is provocative yet unrestrained, and the tender golden-blonde color creates the feeling of heat and radiance to the cooler complexion.
This type of textured-feathered look is most flattering when you do not use heavy products. I apply R+Co Dallas Thickening Spray on wet hair and give a quick blast of air to create some extra body.
There’s something romantic about this cut. You get a sense of reading poetry by the dim lamps or going out to gather the apples on a breeze. There is no need to overdo makeup and fuss about, the hair will do the work.
It gets you halfway home when contemplating shortening hair but still desire to play with motion and length. The butterfly inspiration makes sense—it’s delicate but transformative.
Blunt Shoulder-Length Bob with Baby Bangs
When it comes to playing the risky game of style in the haircut department there is a style that even dares to define the season- it is this shoulder length bob accentuated with ultra-fine babies bangs. The locks rest lightly on the collarbones in a slight inward style and the fringes rest above the eyebrows- not obnoxious or excessive attention but eye-pleasing. It is truly very editor in a turtleneck though with a hint of softness.
What’s interesting about this one is its wearability. The clean shape is not that much to maintain provided you have a good first cut. A dab of Virtue Healing Oil on ones extremities and you are set to go.
This makes me think of those super intelligent and self assured women that always appear to have it all together in life. It is that hair that fits even during the zoom calls, gallery openings, Sunday brunch.
I believe the kids bobs have come of age in recent months to something very stylish and this hair style proves that short and tidy lines are not neccesarily childish. Instead, they’re fresh, clean, and totally fall-coded.
Mid-Length Blonde Hush Cut with Soft Fringe
Here is the hush cut as almost wearable as in a golden hour. The medium length silhouette combined with a super-cut bang perfectly melts into easy, yet considered feathered touches. It possesses that girl-next-door softness and with a modern touch that does not feel stale enough. The fringe is shaped around the brows quietly without any cutting off- super flattering round/oval face shapes.
To arrive at those loose, soft curls, I put large barrel curling iron on low heat and do the curl then set everything with Kerastase Discipline Fluidissime Spray. It provides you with that frizz control and a slight bit of movement without adding heavy oily feelings in it.
It is one of these styles that makes you look presentable even when you have been on five hours sleep and burnt coffee. I like the way it is delicate yet not flat and particularly in dry fall wind.
It is also a cut which will suit you in both fancied and low key penthouse with a hoodie and hoops. That balance? Chef’s kiss.
Short Bixie 90s Revival with Wispy Bangs
This is a softer more delicate Bixie 90s moment. The cut is a pixie touch of strength and bob touch of weight, smack in the neck in a middle of a classic wispy bangs drifting in like a fall fog. It is the type of haircut that does not require much to appear chic- just your confidence and perhaps a nude lip.
Lightweight mousse or volumizing mist is most effective to take care of this style. I have been obsessed with Verb Volume Dry Texture Spray to zhuzh up the crown and make the bangs look purposefully messy but not bedhead.
Assuming you want to go shorter but still style a bit then you have choices with this shape. Depending on how you feel, you can tuck one side, pin it back or sweep the bangs.
All the stylists I have interviewed have agreed the bixie is back in business because it is flattering to every different face shape and keeps your neck and collarbones looking great. Just saying.
Korean Short Curly Bob with Flipped Bangs
This edit draws inspiration and runs with that old Korean short aesthetic but with a texture to it. It is a curly bob with a tad of volume and motion so it feels playful and the short flipped bangs add an editorial K-beauty vibe to this look. The curls are not crunchy- they are airy and the whole figure will make your eyes and cheekbones pop.
Curls like this need TLC. Styling I would suggest Curlsmith Weightless Air Dry Cream used to give definition, but not stiff, and a drop or two of shine oil scrumped in when dry.
It has a magic to it I suppose, it is neither too made up. It’s soft, natural, but still makes a style statement. Perfect particularly on those in between days when you want your hair to just behave.
